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Gun Control Liars

If the aftermath of last June’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen taught us anything, it’s the fact the gun...
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‘Gun Sense’ Candidates

This is the message and the mantra from the gun prohibition lobby, which stands a good chance of losing its grip on Capitol Hill Nov. 8
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Game Time!

Two months out from the midterm elections is the perfect time to start thinking about the possibilities looming in January if there is a “red tidal...
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United States Supreme Court rules in favor of right to carry
Supreme Smack Down: 6-3...

You could tell this was the chance Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has been waiting for, an opportunity to weigh in with a precedent-setting opinion on a...
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Another magazine ban

American Handgunner, GUNS Magazine have been pulled off newsstands across the country by anti-gun retail chain store management.
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Judgment Day

When Nov. 8 rolls around, you will be voting for a lot of people running for office at all levels and among the races are positions as judges — a more...
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Lockstep Lexicon

We’re in a war and instead of being neutral, impartial observers, the establishment media has definitely taken sides — and just to remove any doubt, you...
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It’s not over

By tradition, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) holds its most controversial rulings until the final days of the session, which wraps up later...
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Defense equals Offense

“The best defense is a good offense,” says the old adage. It applies perfectly to the fight over our Second Amendment rights and as we roll into...
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Virginia Did it

Six months ago, gun-owning voters in the Commonwealth of Virginia did what this column said they could do — and told them how — and they took their...
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Anti-gunners In The Grass

Something insidious is underfoot, a strategy so subtle it is likely going unnoticed in your own neighborhood, school district, small town, larger city and...
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Demand Credible Answers

How many times have you heard or read this: “If people shouldn’t need photo ID to vote, why should it be required to buy a gun?”
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Confronting State Lawmakers

Across the country this month, state legislatures will be opening for business and by now grassroots gun rights activists should know who their local...
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The Gift of Giving

With the holiday season upon us, now is the time to consider giving yourself, and maybe the next generation, a gift by making a contribution to an active...
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Firearms Survey Says 82.7%...

The overwhelming majority of gun owners in the United States—a whopping 82.7 percent—own handguns and an impressive 16 percent carry a defensive sidearm...
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Undoing the Musket Argument

I’ve lost count of the occasions when someone has tossed up the argument that at the time the Second Amendment was written, there weren’t modern...
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Gun rights and “Greenies”

October is a good month to remind local community newspapers, talk radio in your region and anyone else who will listen that without hunters and the broader...
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Teach Your Children Well

We’re two months away from an important election, in Virginia, where gun rights activists in the Old Dominion will — in theory anyway
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2022 Campaigns start now

Nobody is going to want to ruffle feathers in an election year
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Recapturing Richmond

It’s payback time in the Old Dominion — if Virginia gun owners want to right the wrongs done last year by the new Democrat majority,
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A Case Worth Watching

A federal court case out of California which might ultimately wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court offers proof beyond a reasonable doubt elections matter,
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Resistance is not futile

It was and remains a wish list of the gun prohibition lobby, complete with gun and magazine bans, registration and so-called “universal background checks.”
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The shifting semantics of...

First it was “gun control” and the “National Coalition to Ban Handguns,” the latter being a group formed back in 1974 that included religious,...
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Fight back against ...

For the past few months, a major gun rights organization has been quietly — and sometimes not so quietly — conducting what amounts to an educational...
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Demonstrating The Purpose

The immediate aftermath of last year’s rioting in several cities, caused by Antifa thugs who exploited what began ostensibly as peaceful demonstrations,...
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Wanted: 20K Gun Owners to...

You read the headline right, 20,000 frustrated, furious, fed-up and energized gun owners in each state needed to coordinate with one another and plan...
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Now what?

Due to magazine lead time schedules, at the time of this writing the November election had not yet occurred.
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The Red Menace

The “Red Flag” menace is a reality in more than a dozen states and there could be even more on the way by the time you read this since the concept seems...
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What did you learn from...

Declare a pandemic and watch legions of fence-sitting non-gun owners scramble to be first in line at the nearest gun store,
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Beware gun and ammunition...

Anti-gun municipal politicians have seized on a new financial weapon in their crusade to discourage gun ownership and to drive firearms retailers either out...
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Time’s up: Fish or Cut Bait

You do know Election Day 2020 — November 3 — is just over the horizon, right?
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The 2A Acid Test

Earlier this year, there were two occasions when this correspondent wound up in broadcast discussions with gun prohibitionists trying to pass themselves off...
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Dave Workman, Second...

A career shooting industry journalist and Contributing Editor for GUNS Magazine and American Handgunner, Dave Workman is an expert on the Second Amendment...
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Acting with one voice

If you’re not angry about what happened in Virginia earlier this year, you ought to be.
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Guide to the national ...

The Democratic National Convention will be held July 13-16 at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the destination is deliberately political.
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Starting At The Bottom

We’re going to have a conversation here, and before going any further, nothing you are about to read is meant to offend you, nor should you be offended.
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The Press Perpetuates...

Guns are going to be an important campaign issue this year and you need to be ready to counter misinformation. The only way to fight falsehood is with fact....
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News Flash: You Are The...

The late Neal Knox used to open every speech, every public appearance, with a trademark greeting — “Hello, Gun Lobby!”
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Five Critical Mistakes

You’ve heard this before: Your rights are one election away from being lost forever, and the election in question could actually be just over 10 months...
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Unhappy New Year!

In case you didn’t get the memo, there is no “holiday cheer” among gun prohibitionists toward the tens of millions of law-abiding American gun owners...
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Interview with Alan...

The biggest threat is the opposition, particularly the Bloomberg-funded gun prohibition organizations. The other side is more organized, has more money and...
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Interview with Alan...

Do the math: Since January 2017, two new conservative pro-Second Amendment justices have been appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
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Gunsite's Buz Mills...

An open letter from Gunsite Academy Owner Buz Mills to the NRA membership and NRA Board of Directors.
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Back in Session

Something remarkable happened on the last Friday in March gun owners should habitually remind their congressional representatives
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The House Divided

February’s passage of two House gun control bills aimed at expanding background checks and extending waiting periods was hailed by the gun prohibition...
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The Supremes Step Up To...

The screech you heard emanating from Capital Hill and the City of New York was the sound of alarm. Why? The Supreme Court of the United States decided in...
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Hypocrisy? Say It Ain’t So!

With the disclosure Chicago Alderman Ed Burke — described by the Windy City’s CBS affiliate as “a staunch supporter of gun control measures” —
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2A Defense: From Pretense...

Emboldened by their takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives and passage of their third-straight — and increasingly restrictive —...
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A House Divided

“What has President Trump learned from defeat?” political correspondent Dan Balz of The Washington Post asked following November’s elections, when...
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Disorder In The Court

“Smithtown, New York, resident arrested for threatening two United States senators,” a Department of Justice press release advised. “Defendant left...
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The Social Network

Moms Demand Action held a meeting at a church recently with a local politician, a state rep and a police chief. They were there to advance ways they can...
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Loose Canons

“The Boston Globe has suspended columnist Kevin Cullen without pay for three months after inconsistencies were found in his remarks following the 2013...
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Whose Kind of Town is...

“This is my kind of town,” Frank Sinatra crooned in a joyous tribute that became an unofficial anthem for the Windy City. “My kind of people too,...
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The 1968 GCA Is Now 50...

There’s an anniversary this year gun owners need to observe, but not in celebration. Fifty years ago, on October 22, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed...
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Freedom Is Slavery

“[W]hile gun regulations must be unbiased and subject to due process protections, the Constitution does permit limits on firearms sale and ownership,”...
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Banking On Disarmament

“Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the...
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The Insecurity Of An...

“Florida’s law banning adult, law-abiding citizens under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms of any kind is unconstitutional under the Second and...
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The Children's Crusade

The ginned-up objections to guns have never been more heated, nor the dangers for self-serving politicians doing something stupid to appease mob rage more...
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A Ploy Named Sue

Three cities filed suit in December against the Department of Defense. The complaint charged DOD shared responsibility for the Texas church massacre in...
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